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- Title
- Methodology for Mitigation of Seismic Hazards in Existing Unreinforced Masonry Buildings: Diaphragm Testing.
- File
- PB82213679.pdf
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1981, 452 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- ABK-TR-03
- Abstract
- This report describes an experimental program conducted on horizontal diaphragms subjected to quasi-static, cyclic, in-plane displacement and dynamic, in-plane earthquake shaking. The experimental program is one of several tasks in an overall research program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, whose objective is to develop a methodology for mitigation of seismic hazards in existing unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings.
- Keywords
- Seismic response; Seismic hazards; Earthquake resistant structures; Roofs; Wood; Materials specifications; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Timber construction; Diaphragms (Mechanics); Dynamic structural analysis